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SMITH v. JITNEY JUNGLE OF AMERICA

No. 35,100-WCA.

802 So.2d 988 (2001)

Frank SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JITNEY JUNGLE OF AMERICA, Crawford and Company and National Union Fire Insurance, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams and Reese LLP, by Richard B. Eason, II, Stefini Weckwerth Salles, New Orleans, Counsel for Appellants.

Cave Law Firm, by Renee Cooper Willis, Counsel for Appellee.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS, CARAWAY, PEATROSS and KOSTELKA, JJ.

KOSTELKA, J.

Frank Smith ("Smith") was granted penalties and attorney fees by the Workers' Compensation Judge ("WCJ") who determined that Jitney Jungle of America and its insurer, National Union Fire Insurance (collectively, "the appellants"), had failed to timely pay various medical bills of Smith's. For the following reasons, we reverse in part and affirm in part the judgment of the WCJ.

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